I’ve used in the past Cake Wallet and DFX via to obtain Monero. When I tried it again now (all accumulated transactions below 1000 CHF), it asks for identification: [grafik] Anybody knows what to do here? Changed my location in the VPN but no help. Would appreciate any suggestions for alternative…

I only recently learned that it was possible to buy Monero via Cake Wallet’s app with no ID and just a credit card, depending on your location. My first thought after learning this was: How does Cake Wallet or DFX determine your location? And my subsequent thoughts were: If you’ve never bought…

It always has required KYC. Or at least when I bought like 25 EUR worth of Monero a few months ago, I had to KYC myself. Still, I think this service’s quality is miles above anything else right now. Prices are also decent. If you don’t want any KYC just use Haveno.

@PurpleDime : as I used it only sporadically in the last ~12 months, I cannot really answer your points. But looking at the answer below you, it seems it requires KYC for all transactions now. @Script1743 : thanks for the feedback, that’s really a pity. Just to be sure, you mean the same detail of …

Okay, good to know. Cancelled my standing order to them. Does anyone know an alternative for non-KYC Monero purchase in unfree countries like the EU or UK? Otherwise it seems that the best option is to buy Litecoin and swap to Monero.

Oh, I didn’t know. Do you guys know about https://retoswap.com ? There are also offers on https://xmrbazaar.com/ Make sure to research, use multisig escrow, document, etc. These are the main no-kyc option.

[image] Regime6045: Okay, good to know. Cancelled my standing order to them. That’s what I would have done too. Did CakeWallet and/or DFX at least make a statement about this change? To me, it’s unacceptable not too. This is not something you want to find out at the last minute when you’re …

After some more research, it seems DFX is the only provider of direct fiat → Monero purchases in Europe (EU, CH, UK). All the CEX don’t offer Monero at all. So the question is whether it’s better to buy Litecoin on a big CEX with KYC and then swap to Monero without KYC, or to buy Monero with KYC on…

I reached out to DFX. They still claim you can buy without KYC from them, just that in my case (and I suppose in OP’s case) I was “flagged”. They knew my name because of the bank account I used for the bank transfer and they did a “fuzzy search” with an AML data provider and it turned out that somew…

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I kept looking around but did not find any solution..

Here a user wrote the latest options, which seems comprehensive to me (Spoiler, KYC needed): Turkey to Ban Anonymous VPNs - #17 by Expert4870

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